Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-11-06

Mo- said Lady Montbarry. 'Ihen
you are only insOlent? The ignorant Eng
lish mind Il bave ohserved) is apt to be
~insolent in the exercise of unrestrained
English. This is very noticeable to us
foreigners among your people on the
streets. O. course | can't be insolent to
you, in return. l hardly know what to
say to you. My maid is imprudent in
admitting you so easily to my room !
suppose your respectable appearance mis-
led her. l wonder who you are? YOu
mentioned the name of q courier who left
US very strangely. Was he married, by
any chance? Are you his wife? And do
you know where he is?"
Mrs. Ferrari's Indignation burst its way
through all restraints. She advanced TO
the sofa; she feared nothing, in the fervor
and rage of her reply.
81 am his widow-and you know it, you
wicked woman! All! it was an evil hour
when Miss Lockwood recommended my
husband to be his lordship's courier"-
Before Mrs. Ferrari could add another
word Lady Montbarry sprang from the sofa
with the stealthy suddenness of a cat
seized her by both shoulders-and shook
her with the strength and frenzy of a mad
woman. "YOu lie! you lie! you lie" She
dropped her hold at the third repetition Of
the accusation and threw up her hands
with a gesture of despair. "Oh, Jesus Ma
ria! is it p~ossible?" she cried. Can the
courier have come to me through that
woman" She turned like lightning on
Mrs. Ferrari, and stopped her rs she was
escaping from the room. Stay here,
You fool-stay here and answer me! IL
YOU cry out, as sure as the heavens are
above you, I'll strangle you with my own
hands. Sit down a%gain-and fear nothing.
Wretch! 1t is l who am frightened-fngh-
tened out of my senses. Confess that you
lied when you used Miss Lockwood's
name lust now! No! don't believe you
ON your oath! l will believe nobody but
Miss Lockwood herself. Where does she
live? Tell me that, you n~cSious stinging
little i~nsect--and you may go" Terri
fed as she was, Mrs, Ferrari hesitated.
Lady Montbarry lifted her hands threaten
ingly, with the long, lean, yellow-white
fingers ~outspread and crooked at the
tins. Mrs. Ferrari shrunk at the sight Of
them, and gave the address. Lady Mont
barry pointed contemptuously to the door
then changed her mind. mo! not yet!
YOU will tell Miss Lockwood what has hap
pened, and she may refuse to see me. l
will 90 there at once, ana You shall go
with me. As far as the house-not inside
of it. Sit down again. / am going to
ring for my maid. Turn your back to the
door; your c~Owsrdly force is not At to he
seen!'
She rang the bell. The maid appeared.
INV cloak and Misunderstanding
The maid produced the cloak and bon
net from the bedroom.
"a cab at the door-before l can count
temp
The maid vanished. Lady Montbarry
surveyed herself in the glass, and wheeled
round again, with her cat like suddenness,
to Mrs. Ferrari.
81 look more than half dead already,
don't II she said, with a grim burst Of
IRONY. "Give me your arm"
She took Mrs. Ferrari's arm n left the
room. "You have nothing to fear, 30 long
as you obey" she whispered, on the way
down stairs. "You leave me at Miss
Loekwood's door aud never see me again"
In the hall they were met by the lsndla-
DIV OF the hotel. Lady Montbarry gra-
ciously presented her companion. MY
good friend, Mrs. Ferrai; / am so glad TO
have seen her." The landlady accompa-
MED them to the door. The cab was wait
ing. Get in first, good Mrs. Ferrari,"
said her ladyship, land tell the man where
to GO"
They were driven away. Lady Mont
barry's variable humor changed again.
With a low groan of misery she threw her
self back in the cab. Lost in her W dark
thoughts, as careless Of the woman whom
she had bent to her iron will as if no such
person sat by her side, she preserved a sim
lister silence, until they reached the house
where Miss Lockwood lodged. In an in
stsnt, she reused herself to action. She
opened the door of the cab; and closed it
again on Mrs. Ferrari before the driver could
get of his box.
take that lady a mile further on her
way home" she said, as she paid the man
his fare. The next instant she had knocked
at the house door. SIS Miss lockwood ut
home?"
ICSI uo au.
She stepped over the threshold; the door
closed on her.
(which way, ms'sm ?' asked the driver
of the cab.
Mrs. Ferrari put her hand to her head
and tried 10 collect her thoughts. Could
she leave her friend and benefactress help
less al Lady Montbarry's mercy? She WA
still vainly ~endeavoring to decide on the
course that she ought to follow, when n
gentleman, stopping at Miss Lockwood's
door, happened tc look toward the cab win
dow and saw her.
"Are you going to call on Miss Agnes
too?" he asked.
1t was Henry Westwick. Mrs. Ferrari
elasped her hands in gratitude as she rec
ognized him.
aCIo in STRIP she cried. go in, directly.